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Lincoln's Inn

British  

noun

  1. one of the four legal societies in London which together form the Inns of Court

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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As we were talking, seated cross-legged on the grass in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, several black cabs passed.

From The New Yorker Sep. 10, 2019

In 18th-century London, gay men were regularly arrested in the Lincoln’s Inn bog house, on the east side of New Square, Lincoln’s Inn Fields.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2019

As a member of a Harvard social club called Lincoln’s Inn Society, Gorsuch met a classmate named Phil Berg, sparking a friendship that has lasted 30 years.

From Washington Post Feb. 18, 2017

Taking inspiration from the atmospheric fan-vaulted undercroft of the 1600s Lincoln’s Inn Chapel, Grafton Architects have proposed an internal structure that appears to grow in branching, tree-like umbrellas as it rises through the building.

From The Guardian Jan. 15, 2017

I had spent the day wearily over books, and, simply to keep my mind occupied, went over some of the matters I had been examining at Lincoln’s Inn.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

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